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Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xoθkoxʷa

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 This Proto-Muskogean entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Muskogean

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Noun

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*xoθkoxʷa[1]

  1. persimmon

Reconstruction notes

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  • The Alabama-Koasati terms are a combination of bi- (from *kʷixiCi (“mulberry”)) and -ɬko.

Descendants

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  • ⇒ Alabama: biɬko
  • Chickasaw: onkof
  • Choctaw: onkof
  • Creek: orko (“pawpaw”)
  • Hitchiti: hołkofi (“apple”)
  • ⇒ Koasati: bithko
  • Mikasuki: hołkofi

References

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  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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